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Ascari Ecosse - overlooked super sports car

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Created on January 31, 2021

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Bruno von Rotz

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Dirk de Jager - Courtesy RM/Sotheby's

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - built solely for driving

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - as an Ecosse, the car no longer had folding headlights

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - large rear wing

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - very flat with a height of just over 1.1 meters

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - the rear almost has Italian features

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - the very short overhang and the cockpit positioned far forward characterize the shape

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - tastefully furnished interior

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - non-slip leather steering wheel

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - functional interior

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - the top speed target was 200 miles per hour

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - the six-speed box was available in conjunction with the 4.7-liter Hartge BMW V8

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - electric windows, so much comfort is allowed

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - Ascari lettering under the door

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - a few minor manufacturing tolerances have to be forgiven for the small-series sports car

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - the V8 engine comes from BMW

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - not much to see of the engine itself

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - large water cooler with fans instead of front trunk

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - bold name lettering with flag

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - Ascari lettering behind the cockpit

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - Ascari lettering on the flank

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Ascari Ecosse (1997) - Ascari lettering on the rear

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Ascari FGT (1995) - as a racing car for the British GT Championship

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Ascari FGT (1997) - as a road sports car with folding headlights

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Summary

Lee Noble is one of Britain's most talented sports car designers. In addition to cars bearing his name, he also developed others, including the Ascari FGT/Ecosse. And this was even able to win over spoiled super sports car drivers. This vehicle report tells the brief history of the Ascari Ecosse and shows it in many pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Initially for the race track
Foundation of an almost Scottish manufacturer with Dutch help
Road version with German support
Production in homeopathic doses
More beautiful offspring
No long-term success

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

A sports car with the name "Ascari" simply has to be fast and presumably come from Italy, just like its namesake Alberto Ascari, who won the Formula 1 Drivers' World Championship in 1952 and 1953 (in a Ferrari, nota bene). However, the Ascari Ecosse sports car has nothing to do with the Italian driver and hardly anything to do with Italy. Briton Lee Noble is a man with gasoline in his blood. Back in 1983, he launched a kit mid-engined sports car called the Ultima Mk1, which was equipped with a Euro V6 engine and used parts from the warehouses of mass-production manufacturers. The basis was a tubular frame. However, only one model was produced. The further development, the Mk2, went on to achieve some racing success in Great Britain, and vehicles were created for the road, all of which were visually reminiscent of the Porsche 956.

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